. >> craig whitney, on the history of gun ownership and control in the american -- in america. saturday night on "book tv." >> "washington journal" continues. host: on wednesday -- wednesdays in this segment of the "washington journal" wheat spotlight magazine pieces. in this segment, we will be looking at two pieces from the atlantic. we are joined by scott stossel, the editor of the atlantic. talk us through the overarching theme and why you decided to package these two stories together. guest: we view them as complementary stories. they are both addressing the same issues, which is that it is no secret over the last 10 to 15 years, u.s. manufacturing has had a very hard time. its share of the u.s. work force has declined precipitously. its share of the economy has declined. and a lot of manufacturing jobs have gone overseas to china, mexico, other places, because of outsourcing prepared -- outsourcing. the two articles here. one of them is by a business journalist, and what is by and national correspondent in washington editor. they're focusing on two sides of the same pheno